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With their regal squares and chocolate-box houses, Knightsbridge and the
Cotswolds hog headlines as two of the most desirable places to live in
Britain.

But last year more people wanted to live in Cornwall — best known for its
beaches, surfing and cream teas — than anywhere else. It attracted the
highest increase of new residents, with the net population rising by 3,700
in the year to June 2012, according to official migration statistics
analysed by Knight Frank, the estate agent.

It is the second year that Cornwall has topped the ranking as Britain’s most
popular destination to which to move, although